Putin: Russia's economy to remain open

President Vladimir Putin has said that Russian economy will remain open.

"In the new conditions, the Russian economy will definitely be open," Kommersant quotes Putin  as saying at a meeting on the development of the Russian transport complex.

He said that Russia will expand cooperation with countries that are "interested in mutually beneficial cooperation".

Vladimir Putin states that some countries want to "close themselves off from Russia" by their actions, and "even to their own detriment".

Against this background, in his opinion, it is important to "diversify transport flows, expand corridors in the direction of predictable, responsible partners".